John Thune

RepublicanSenator · SDOfficial site ↗JSON Report an error

6 AI votes on record1 press release on AI$7K itemized from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026 · contributions Sep 9, 2026 (incomplete) · super PAC spending Sep 11, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

toward oversightAug 5, 2026

Thune touts his Filter Bubble Transparency Act to require platforms to disclose their secret algorithms and offer users un-curated feeds, enforced by the FTC.

“WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today applauded the Commerce Committee’s unanimous passage of his bipartisan Filt…”

Source ↗cites S.1748 by title

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

NAYJul 16, 2026

Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 198; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

motion to proceed · S.J.Res. 198 · Rejected 46-50

NAYJul 14, 2026

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4784; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 4784 · Rejected 50-46

YEADec 17, 2025

Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

procedural · S. 1071 · Agreed to 77-20

YEADec 15, 2025

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 1071 · Agreed to 76-20

YEADec 11, 2025

Motion to Proceed to the House Message to Accompany S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

motion to proceed · S. 1071 · Agreed to 75-22

YEAJul 1, 2025

To strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence.

amendment · H.R. 1 · S.Amdt. 2814 · Agreed to 99-1

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$7K

From employees and investors, personally

From company PACs

Itemized receipts

By employer

Company PACs in blue; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

Date	Contributor	Employer, as filed	Amount	Filing
Jan 31, 2026	Shyam Sankar	PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES	$4K	↗
Jan 31, 2026	Shyam Sankar	PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES	$4K	↗
Apr 23, 2025	Jason Zander	MICROSOFT	$200	↗
Apr 23, 2025	Jason Zander	MICROSOFT	$200	↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Sep 9, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.